RNA carriers negatively impact the efficacy of downstream applications like NGS. Our RNA extraction technology is highly sensitive & linear down to a few cells without the need for carrier RNA.
Carryover of hazardous compounds such as Phenol/Chloroform can negatively impact your downstream results. Unlike other common extraction methods, our RNA extraction technology does not require the use of such hazardous compounds.
Silica has shown a bias towards sequences that have a high molecular weight and a high GC content. Our RNA extraction technology shows no bias towards GC content or molecular weight, providing a true representation of RNA content.









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Unlike most competitors' kits, Norgen's Total RNA Purification Kit allows for the isolation of all sizes of RNA, from the very large RNA down to the microRNA, without the use of phenol. Total RNA was isolated from 1 x 109 E. coli cells using Norgen’s Total RNA Purification Kit and a competitor’s kit. Five microliters and 1 µL of the 50 µL isolated RNA was analyzed on an agarose gel (Panel A) and the Agilent® 2100 BioAnalyzer RNA Nano 6000 chip (Panel B), respectively. Note the presence of small RNA species (red square) in the samples isolated via Norgen's kit and the absence of these RNA species in the competitor RNA preparation.
Norgen’s Total RNA Purification Kit allows consistent isolation of both large and small RNA from different input amounts. Total RNA was isolated from 10 to 100,000 HeLa cells using Norgen's Total RNA Purification Kit (blue), a competitor’s silica-based kit (green) and a phenol-based RNA extraction method (red). Relative expression of miR-21 (Panel A), and S15 (Panel B) was determined by RT-qPCR of total RNA samples. In brief, one microliter of the 50 µL isolated RNA was then subjected to a 20 µL reverse transcription using miR-21 stem-loop reverse primer or oligo dT primer. Two microliters of the reverse transcription was used in a 20 µL real-time PCR reaction with primers to detect the human miR-21 (Panel A) and the S15transcripts (Panel B). The resulting threshold cycle (Ct) values were plotted against input cell number. RNA isolated using Norgen's Total RNA Purification had the best linearity (higher R2) and sensitivity (lower Ct) for both large RNA (S15) and small RNA (miR-21).
Norgen's Total RNA Purification Kit isolates miRNA from plasma with better diversity than a leading competitor. Total RNA including miRNA was isolated from 100 µL of plasma using Norgen's Total RNA Purification Kit or 625 µL of plasma using Competitor A's leading miRNA Kit, and was applied to an NCode expression profiling kit. Microarray images suggested that Norgen's Total RNA Purification Kit (left) isolates a better diversity of miRNA from smaller input amount of plasma than the competitor’s miRNA kit (right). Image courtesy of LC Sciences, Houston.
For the rapid purification of total RNA (including microRNA) from plants and fungi
For rapid and efficient clean-up and concentration of total RNA, including microRNA, without phenol
Rapid purification of microRNA from urine without phenol
Rapid purification of microRNA from urine without phenol
For purification of total RNA (including microRNA) from all types of tissues including fiber-rich tissues
For the rapid purification of microRNA without phenol
For the rapid purification of microRNA without phenol
Rapid purification of total RNA from 5 mL - 10 mL urine without phenol
For the rapid and efficient extraction and purification of RNA (including microRNA) from FFPE samples
For the rapid extraction and purification of total RNA from leukocytes
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